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Natural Ways to Control Diabetes

Posted by Vicky on April 15th, 2010

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Diabetes Mellitus or more commonly known as Diabetes is a result of high blood sugar level in the body. It might be caused by decrease in the level of the hormone called insulin. This is referred to as Type I diabetes and can be treated through insulin injections. Sometimes, even when insulin is produced at normal levels, your body might stop responding to it. This results in type II diabetes. There is no complete cure for diabetes. However, there are natural ways to control diabetes and prevent the blood sugar level from rising high.

Natural Remedies for Diabetes

Healthy food and regular exercise can help you maintain normal blood sugar level. Here are a few tips to control your blood sugar level.

Diet

Include fiber rich vegetables such as cabbage, spinach, cucumber, radish, chilly, cauliflower and bitter melon in your diet.
Avoid fruit juices and eat small servings of whole fruits instead. Juices are not recommended because the fiber content of the fruit is lost and you might be tempted to add sugar or artificial sweeteners. Fruits such as Jamun, apple, strawberries, pears, avocados, guavas and papaya are good for diabetics. However, avoid fruits like banana, dates, mango and sapodilla that have high sugar content. Dry fruits are also not good for diabetics.

Natural Remedies

Cinnamon can help to reduce glucose level. Add up to ½ teaspoon of cinnamon in a cup of water and boil it for about ten minutes on a low flame. Drink this regularly for excellent results.
Powder fenugreek seeds and eat about 30 gm of the powder twice daily. However, it is not recommended for pregnant women.
Herbs such as holy basil, gurmar, bael and Pterocarpus Marsupium help in controlling the diabetes. If you are not familiar with these herbs, you could purchase natural supplements that are available online or at your local health store.
Grind or powder a bunch of holy basil and neem leaves and mix them with water. Consume the mixture in empty stomach for best results.
Grind Indian Gooseberry and bitter melon in water and consume the juice to control the glucose level in the body.
Exercise or walk every day. There are also special yoga asanas to control diabetes.

These natural ways to control diabetes will keep the blood sugar in your body at normal level and help you lead a healthy life.

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The Effect of Evening Primrose Oil on Women’s Health

Posted by My Fair Lady on January 12th, 2009

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Evening primrose oil is a natural, healthy source (and very rich in) gamma-linolenic acid. It is a highly valuable health food source, especially for those who don’t get these essential fatty acids in the diet. As a potent antioxidant, it counteracts the body’s free radicals and counteracts the aging process. It is helpful to reduce pain in women with arthritis, diabetes, kidney disease, liver disease and conditions like depression, multiple sclerosis, hair loss or poor hair and nail health. In women with PMS, even if it is severe, evening primrose oil can help control the symptoms.

In one London-based study on severe PMS, it was found that evening primrose oil, when taken three times a day, resulted in 67 percent of the participants being symptom free and another 22 percent were able to be partially symptom-free. These studies prove that the effect of Evening primrose oil women’s health is a powerful one and can help in addressing many health problems that women face.

The essential fatty acids are believed to be necessary as about 3 percent of our daily diets and can be gotten through the taking of evening primrose oil. Essential fatty acids do approximately four positive things for the body: 1) it provides energy to the body, 2) it helps maintain the body’s temperature 3) it cushions and protects the body tissues and 4) it insulates the nerves of the body. These essential fatty acids must be converted to an active form—a process that decreases with age, thyroid function disturbances, low metabolism, disease, infections and zinc deficiency.

Evening primrose oil is one of the richest sources of gamma linoleic acid and is very valuable to others who don’t have other sources of GLA. This includes people who have an underactive thyroid gland, or those who have had some kind of radiation treatment.

Evening primrose oil grows wild along some roadsides and grows well in sand dune. It is a member of the willow herb family and opens primarily in the evenings. It is known for a lot of things, particularly for women’s health issues. The main female symptoms that have been known to be helped by evening primrose oil include:

• Premenstrual Syndrome: this includes the bloating, irritability and breast tenderness/lumpiness that occurs in the week or two before a woman gets her menstrual period. Evening primrose oil has been known to control these symptoms to an extensive degree so that up to 90 percent of women get at least some relief from evening primrose oil.

• Fibrocystic breast disease: these are fibrous, lumpy and occasionally painful breasts that some women develop and which get worse before the menstrual period. Studies have shown that evening primrose oil controls these symptoms in a significant degree of affected women.

• Menopausal symptoms: these are hot flashes, irritability, fatigue and other symptoms that affect a woman around the time her menses stop and the ovaries shut down egg production. Evening primrose oil has been found to reduce these symptoms and ease the transition of menopause in affected women.

Gamma linolenic acid is part of what makes evening primrose oil so good. It is also believed to contribute to weight loss in a small percentage of people, lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure, block the formation of dangerous blood clots, controls arthritis and helps dysmenorrheal, which are painful menstrual contractions. Gamma linolenic acid is a precursor to prostaglandins and helps regulate prostaglandins in the body when they fluctuate during menopause and PMS.

Women especially benefit from evening primrose oil in terms of weight loss because they contain more fat cells than men. Another effect of Evening primrose oil on women’s health is that it will boost metabolism and will aid in the burning of more calories in overweight women.

How much to take? The amount of evening primrose oil to take depends on the body weight and on which benefits you’re looking at. For those using it for weight loss, it is recommended to take 1500 milligrams per day. When used to treat hormone imbalances, it is recommended to take 1000 milligrams per day.